1. Monday, April 16, 2018; 2-3:30 pm PDT (4-5:30 PM CDT, 5-6:30 pm EDT): We welcome Dr. Kirsten Howley of the Lawrence Livermore Lab to discuss Project Hammer for asteroid deflection and more with us.
2. Tuesday, April 17, 2018: 7-8:30 pm PDT; 9-10:30 pm CDT; 10-11:30 pm EDT: We welcome back Dr. Seth Shostak of the SETI Institute in Mountain View, CA.
3. Wednesday, April 18, 2018: Hotel Mars. See Upcoming Show Menu and the website newsletter for details. Hotel Mars is pre-recorded by John Batchelor. It is archived on The Space Show site after John posts it on his website.
4. Friday, April 20, 2018; 9:30 am -11 am PDT, (12:30 -2 pm EDT; 11:30 am -1 pm CDT): We welcome back Jose Ocasio-Christainto the show for updates on the Caelus Partners “Community in Space” Project.
5. Sunday, April 22, 2018: 12-1:30 pm PDT; 2-3:30 pm CDT; 3-4:30 pm EDT. Welcome to our OPEN LINES program. All callers welcome, especially first time callers. Space and Science topics welcome.
Author Rod Pyle joins us to talk about many topics including the Space 2.0 Revolution, International Space Development Conference and how to build a Death Star.
Launches and news topics covered:
Launches: Long March 4C Launches Yaogan-31 Trio PSLV-XL Launches IRNSS-1I
News: Orion Span Announces Plan for Space Hotel Elon Musk Posts Picture of BFR layup tool New Lunar Tour from LRO (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr5Pj…) Tiangong 1 Burns Up on Re-entry over Pacific
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Here is this week’s episode of NASA’s Space to Ground report on activities related to the International Space Station:
NASA astronaut Joe Acaba uses the unique environment of weightless on the ISS to give a STEM demonstration of the relationship between kinetic and potential energy: